Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Year B Ruth 1:1-18 and Psalm 146 • Deuteronomy 6:1-9 and Psalm 119:1-8 • Hebrews 9:11-14 • Mark 12:28-34

Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, "Go back … to your mother's house. May the LORD deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with me. Ruth 1:8ac

Naomi Entreats Ruth to Return to Her Home -- William Blake, Book illustration

But Ruth said, "Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Ruth 1:16a

Naomi and Ruth -- Jan Victors, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ontario, CA

Where you go, I will go; Where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Ruth 1:16b

Ruth and Naomi -- He Qi, Nanjing, China

The LORD watches over the strangers; he upholds the orphan and the widow … Psalm 146

Naomi and Ruth from The Story of Ruth -- John August Swanson, serigraph, 1991

You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. Deuteronomy 6:5

Mother Earth Nandor Wagner Budapest, Hungary

Christ came as a high priest … not with the blood of goats and calves, but with his own blood, thus obtaining eternal redemption. Hebrews 9:11a, 12b

Christ Crucified on a Tree Ouidah, Benin

One of the scribes came near and … asked him, "Which commandment is the first of all?" Mark 12:28ac

The Scribe Stood to Tempt Jesus -- James Tissot, Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY

Jesus answered, "The first is, 'Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; Mark 12:29

Vision -- Frederic Church, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, NY

you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.' Mark 12:30

Caritas William Wilson St. Mungo Cathedral Glasgow, Scotland

The second is this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself The second is this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these." Mark 12:31

Immigrantes 2 -- Yuliana Cha

Then the scribe said to him, "You are right, Teacher; … When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." Mark 12:32a, 34a

Light of the World William Holman Hunt Keble College Chapel Oxford, England

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